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Originally Posted by Velutina
I used frost blankets and christmas lights for some of my bananas. Although they had zero damage, the electric bill jumped. I bet Plastic would be a great choice for smaller plants and loose less heat than frost blankets. I really want to build a PVC/plastic structure for next winter, but worry about what my HOA would think...  |
I noticed that an issue with frost blankets is if you wrap it around the plant, it doesn't get any heat from the ground so it doesn't help that much (unless you apply an internal heating source as you did)
Thankfully, I'm OK with just keeping the P-stem green as bananas leaf quickly in the spring
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